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Welcome and congrats on your surgery. keep us posted! :eek:

Welcome mamamanikay Congrats on you op...make sure you keep us posted :eek:

Wow fantastic GeezerSue Congrats!

I got my first fill at 2.5 months...but inbetween the op and this first fill, I moved countries and it took awhile to find a dr in my new home that would be able to do it... :eek:

Lap band is definately the more noninvasive option...but there is still work to be done...how committed are you...if you ARE then bring on the lapband..you'll do great! Just take one day at a time..

I live a long way away from my dr so i have repeat fills probably once every 6 months...I'm doing ok though. :eek:

Banded and loving it...love this poll very interesting! :eek:

I took it to a online photo manipulation company...they are very good and shaved of the excess weight in a realistic way... http://www.giftstring.com I just did it for a bit of fun and to see how i will look when I have lost the weight.

you may not feel much restriction until after the first 2 or 3 fills so dont get disappointed if you don't...its a part of the process...better to do it slowly and gage your bodys responce then do what my dr did and put in the full 4cc in a 4cc band on my 2nd fill...needless to say i was a very sick puppy couldn't hold down water, vomiting fleme it was awful...so slow is best...goodluck on your fill...keep us posted on how you fair.

I was supposed to have my operation in Jan 05 but 1 week before I was due to go in...I discovered I was pregnant...needless to say the op was postponed...funny enough i lost heaps of weight over the following months...guess thats the hormones for you...and as soon as my 2nd child was born (5 weeks later) I went in and had my lapband...it was really cool because the private hospital I went to for my childbirth was the same for my lapband and i was in the maternity ward...so the very same nurses that birthed my child nursed me after lap band surgery...they loved it because my 5 week year old 'roomed in' with me and they don't usually get to see and look after babies later once the mother had gone home...very cool!

I know I am too full when I get an acute pain in my left shoulder...it is really uncomfortable and i cant relax... :*(

I had exactly the same thing...it was awfull I couldnt get comfortable...my dr made the mistake of filling my 4cc band with 4cc on my second fill....I thought I was going to die...kept on vomiting saliva...couldn't keep water down and I was in pain! like you a quick call to the dr and I was back in the clinic after hours to remove some of the fluid...haven't had the same issue again with my 3rd fill. so all is good.

The hunger..doees come believe me I am one year post op...and boy when I get hungry...momma wants to EAT! time to go for a walk or have a coffee...exercise or a drink usually suffices...obviously my tummy tells me i'm hungry but my band tells me i am not...I mostly listen to the band.... and have some liquids.

Welcome bigbaby... Good luck with your investigations...we are a very supportive community so i am sure you will find someone who can help with a reference.

Welcome to LBT Deirdre keep us posted on your progress! Great to see you here! PS what a wonderful boyfriend you have.

Welcome Rubymum Congrats on your success so far. I got banded in Tassie! great to see another australian!

congrats on the beginning of the rest of your life Ashley...you wont regret it! keep us posted!

I am a single mom with two kids (3yr, 1yr) I am doing this for them also...they are the light of my life...pitty about their father but that is another story...So you have come to the right place and they (and YOU) will never regret the important decision you have made to do something about your weight. just you wait very soon as you start feeling great about yourself and your weight starts melting the flood gates will open and it will literally be raining men!!! Congrats and good luck

I also had my birthday on mushies I had mashed potatoes and a sloppy mince dish cant remember what it was called...but i had to order specially...they mixed two dishes into one for me.

I too was out and about within a week...adjustments are a slow and gentle thing...hopefully you dr wont make the mistake (my dr did) of putting the maximum in on the 2nd fill! hmmmm just inexperience...he was very new to the lapband procedure...needless to say he fixed it up very pronto. but things like this don't usually happen...just to me!

Hi kimrox2000 Fantastic weightloss result so far...keep us posted...Good luck with everything and keep us posted.

Welcome Ibrown9289 Congrats on your weightloss so far...thats fantastic...the important thing is to listen to what your body/lapband is saying and make the best food choices that you possibly can...Exercise is also good too...When I eat to much or make the WRONG food choice I exercise...makes me feel better if not helps work it right back off again. Best wishes and keep us posted.

Hi Dawn Welcome to LBT we are a very supportive community...so any questions just post someone is bound to have an answer...I look forward to catching up with you and hearing of your progress.

Welcome Cyndi Fantastic that you are here...I look forward to hearing of your progress.

I get food stuck alot too. i cant eat without water beside me...but usually it is due to me a. eating too fast or b. not chewing enough...usually this occurs when i am not concentrating on my eating (ie absentminded snacking) I hope it all settles down for you soo. by the way Welcome to LBT